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    Cough (acute): antimicrobial prescribing

    England. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
    This guideline sets out an antimicrobial prescribing strategy for acute cough associated with an upper respiratory tract infection or acute bronchitis in adults, young people and children. It aims to limit antibiotic use and reduce antibiotic resistance....
    Drug Prescriptions, Anti-Infective Agents/therapeutic use, Cough, Bronchitis, Chronic/therapy, Drug Resistance, Microbial/immunology, Respiratory Tract Infections/drug therapy
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    Management of children with chronic wet cough and protracted bacterial bronchitis: CHEST guideline and expert panel report

    Chang, A. B; Oppenheimer, J. J; Weinberger, M. M; Rubin, B. K; Grant, C. C; Weir, K; Irwin, R. S.
    Chest; 151 (4), 2017
    BACKGROUND: Wet or productive cough is common in children with chronic cough. We formulated recommendations based on systematic reviews related to the management of chronic wet cough in children (aged ≤ 14 years) based on two key questions: (1) how effective are antibiotics in improving the resolution ...
    Bronchitis/drug therapy, Bronchitis/microbiology, Cough/drug therapy, Cough/microbiology, Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use, GRADE Approach
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